Interview Questions

These are the questions to ask for the interview, they are subject to change because I still have to check the way it is phrased to make it clear and concise.

Intro Questions

• What is your name?
• Where were you born?
• What is your ethnicity?

Personal Questions

• What are your personal experiences with how people treat you based on TV presentations?

General Questions

•  Is there a stereotype of your race that is false?
•  How do you view yourself in society?
•  Does the media represent you in TV and movies?
•  How do you see yourself culturally and politically?
•  Is there still a preference of light skin over dark skin people?
•  Why do you think these feelings exist towards light skin/dark skin people?

This is the updated version of questions.

What is your name?

Place of birth?

What is your ethnicity?

How do you view yourself in society?

Do you feel your identity, as a person is an important factor when you are represented in the media?

Do you feel this view is common among Africans in the diaspora or generally in African countries?

Do you know the culture of your parents and grandparents?

What stereotypes do you think are associated with black people in the media and society?

Do you think these stereotypes originated from slave trade or pre-slavery?

Are these positive or negative stereotypes?

Is Britain’s black culture heavily influenced by American black culture or has it taken its own form based on Britain’s history?

Do you feel that racism still exists in contemporary media? i.e. television, YouTube

Any positive advances you feel have been made in representing black presence in contemporary media in Britain?

Are you aware of the web-series hosted on YouTube produced by black people with the majority of the cast black?

What do you think of this new creation of web audiences and how does this affect the big media corporations?

Is there still an existing preference of light skin over dark skin people?

Why do you feel this exists?

What changes do you want to see in the media representation of black people?